To be clear, the fact that he doesn’t think any journalistic work by women could possibly be good *is the problem.* I don’t want him to lie, I want him to be able to say non-shitty things sincerely.

The thing is, he could have said something like, “At the time I was developing my style, women journalists weren’t really on my radar, even though I worked with a number of them quite closely. In retrospect, there was some good work being done by women at the time, as there continues to be, but at the time, no, I…